Nayantara is an actress who has worked in Malayalam, Telugu and Tamil movies, who lets her good looks take precedence over acting as she is mostly seen in glitzy roles.
Nayantara’s real name is Diana Mariam Kurian. Her nick names are Mani, Nayan.
She was born on the 18th November, 1984 in in Thiruvalla which is Kerala state .
She descended into the laps of her parents Mr . Kurian Kodiattu and Mrs . Omana Kurian. She has a brother by name Lenu Kodiattu.
Her father being in the Air Force, she had to opt for different schools at different times (Bangalore, Mumbai and Kerala) during her student life. She has graduated from Marthoma College in English Literature. Her native is Tiruvalla in Pathanamthitta district.
In Kerala’s model competition she was the first runner up which paved her way towards advertisement modeling. Director Satyan Anthikkad had picked her up to act opposite Jayaram in ‘Manassinakkare’, while she was still in college. Later followed other films like “Natturajavu,” Vismayathumbathu and Mammootty.
She subsequently started appearing in Tamil and Telugu films. 2005, she was cast opposite Sarath Kumar in Ayya, debuting in the Tamil film industry, and followed it up with Chandramukhi. The comedy horror film, in which she starred alongside Rajinikanth, became one of the most successful Tamil films in history, running for over 700 days in theatres, turning Nayantara eventually into one of the most-sought after actresses in Tamil.
Later that year her third Tamil film, A. R. Murugadoss' Ghajini released, where she played a secondary female character, which again was a commercially highly successful venture.
She then made her debut in Telugu, starring in the film Lakshmi, opposite Venkatesh following which she performed in Boss, alongside Nagarjuna.
She regained her star billing in Kollywood acting opposite Ajith Kumar in the Vishnuvardhan-directed Billa. The gangster film, a remake of the same-titled 1980 Tamil film, went on to become a blockbuster success at the box office.
She is also making a glamorous debut into the Kannada film industry opposite huge star Upendra.
Nayanthara made the entire world know that she was in love with Tamil actor Simbu.There relationship got strengthed during the shooting of ‘Vallavan’, it was then that the couple fell deeply in love and there was even talk of a wedding. But unfortunately they were seperated.
After few days of their separation many websites have publish some intimate kissing photos of the couple which were taken using a camera with self-timer. These photos seem to be very private and taken when the pair was going strong in their relationship.
After break-up with Simbhu, Nayan fall in-live with Prabhu Deva. She sports a tattoo of Prabhu Deva on her body. The couple were also seen in some film related functions together.
Nayantara was also caught in an MMS scandal that was floated around the internet. Nayantara MMS Scandal with Simbu is one of the most scandalous one and keeps cropping up again and again with different explanations and stories.
In this MMS clip, the sexy siren Nayantara is shown having oral sex with man. Now, there are different stories about the man in the blue film. Some people say that the man is Simbu, the former Boy Friend of Nayan. These people also quote the famous photos that were released on the web sometimes ago showing Nayantara kissing Simbu and link those photos with this MMS clip which shows actress involving in some lewd conversation before getting into the act of lovemaking. The actress says that the MMS clip is morphed one and the lady in the video is a lookalike.
There is one another story that has cropped up regarding this MMS clip. There are some who say that the clip is actual one and the man is the video is director Shaji. They say that the sex video was shot in the days when Nayantara was new in film industry and needed someone to help her out. Shaji was the one who launched Nayantara in return of sexual favours. Although Shaji has denied any such thing, folks say this is the true story behind Nayantara sex video and the only reason for Nayantara and Simbu split as the actor had seen the video clip and so he was no willing to continue the relationship any more.
Nayantara was born as a Christian by the name Diana Mariam Kurian which is known to all of us. But suddenly the actress has converted to Hinduism on 7th August 2011 morning at Arya Samaj Temple in Chennai. Some see it as a step towards her impending marriage to actor-director Prabhu Deva who divorced his earlier wife, a Muslim and did not change her religion at the time of marriage.
The actress is 5 feet and four inches .She enjoys comics and also takes a keen interest in investigative novels. Long drives and travels are her hobbies. She says that she loves sarees.